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acception

acception noun: acceptation; received meaning.

Noun

acception (plural acceptions)

  1. (obsolete) Acceptation; received meaning.
  2. (proscribed, rare) acceptance

Forms of acception

pluralacceptions

Origin of acception

From Middle English accepcioun, from Middle French accepcion (Modern French acception) and Latin acceptiō, acceptiōnis (“acceptance”). By surface analysis, accept + -ion.

Words formed from acception

  • acception of persons
  • acception of faces

Questions about acception

What does acception mean?
Acception means acceptation; received meaning.
What part of speech is acception?
Acception is a noun.
What is the plural of acception?
The plural of acception is acceptions.

Words near acception in the dictionary

  1. accepting house
  2. accepting houses
  3. accepting service
  4. acceptingly
  5. acceptingness
  6. acception
  7. acceptions
  8. acceptive
  9. acceptivity
  10. acceptor
  11. acceptorless

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